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Dangerous Language - Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Dangerous Language - Esperanto under Hitler and Stalin (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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This is Volume 1 of Dangerous Language. This book examines the rise
of the international language Esperanto, launched in 1887 as a
proposed solution to national conflicts and a path to a more
tolerant world. The chapters in this volume chart the emergence of
Esperanto as an answer to a widespread democratic desire for direct
person-to-person international communication regardless of
political boundaries. Its early success was limited, mostly because
of the Czarist regime's suspicion of direct communication with
foreigners, and, later, similar suspicion by dictatorial regimes
generally. As speakers of a "dangerous language," its adepts were
harassed and persecuted, especially in Germany and the Soviet
Union. This book argues that the fate of Esperanto over the 130
years of its existence serves as a barometer to measure the degree
to which regimes tolerate spontaneous personal contact with other
countries and allow the pursuit of self-education outside
prescribed national or ideological constraints. This book will
appeal to a wide readership, including linguists, historians,
political scientists and others interested in the history of the
twentieth century from the unusual perspective of language. This
volume is complemented by the sister volume Dangerous Language -
Esperanto and the Decline of Stalinism which offers a concentration
on the Cold War history of Esperanto in Eastern Europe.
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